Halabja

/ həˈlæbdʒə /

noun

1. a Kurdish town in NE Iraq; in March 1998 Iraqi forces used poison gas on the population, killing hundreds of civilians. Pop: estimates vary between 45 000 and 80 000

Example Sentences

In 1988 Saddam Hussein used gas to slaughter thousands of men, women, and children in the Kurdish city of Halabja.

From The Daily Beast